Motorists can expect more then the usual level of congestion along Hermitage Lane in Maidstone today.

The B2246 is always one of the busiest routes in and out of town, as one of the key accesses to the M20, but this morning the traffic lights at the junction near Maidstone Hospital have failed.

KCC Highways engineers are on route. meanwhile motorists are asked to slow down and take extra care.

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